Lifter for pie pans and the like



June 3, E924; 1,496,643

' C. W. JORDAN LIFTER FOR PIE PAN AND THE LIKE Filed June 2. 1923 15 .1.

Patented June 3, 1924.

UNITED STATES CHARLES W. JORDAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LIFTER FOR PIE FANS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed June 2, 1923. Serial No. 643,076.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago,,in the county of Cook and S tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Lifter for Pie Pans and the like, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in lifting devices, and particularly to such devices designed for use in handling, moving and lifting culinary or kitchen utensils, such. as pie pans, casseroles, sauce pans, and the like, especially when they are hot or soiled, to protect the hands from burns and soil, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and combination ofv the various parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal obgect of the invention is to provide a lifterof the above named character, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, eflicient in operation, with its parts so made and co-operating with one another as to be adapted for use on vessels or utensils of different diameters and heights by means of which a hot pan or vessel may be lifted either from, the top of the stove or from the oven, Or if desired, the position of a pan within an oven can be readily changed thereby. 1

Another object of the invention is the provision of a lifter of such construction that it will grasp the pan or vessel at diametrically opposite sides thereof in such a way that the pan or vessel can be moved in a manner to prevent it being tilted, thereby obviating the possibility of spilling juices or liquids therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described, which shall be of such construction that the frame-like body of the device will be, when in use for lifting a pan, disposed at a distance above the upper surface of the pan or vessel to such an extent as to prevent interference with the upper surface of the pie or dish of food being cooked in the utensil.

Other objects and advantages of the invention willbe disclosed "in the following description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing, which durable, and

serves to illustrate an embodiment of the invention,-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a lifter embodying the invention, showing it in about the position its parts will assume when lifting or moving a pie pan or similar utensil.

Fig. ,2 is a greatly enlarged face view looking at the front end of the lifter or that end thereof opposite the handle portion of the implement.

Fig. 3 is a greatly enlarged vertical sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion of the frame-like body of the lifter showing the slidable clamp or grip-ping member for the pan or cooking utensil mounted thereon.

Corresponding numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. l'of the drawing, it will be seen and readily understood that the body of the device, which body is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 5, is of an elongated framelike form and is by preference made of a single piece of heavy wire or rod material bent at about its middle to form an elongated loop or handle 6 the members of which loop'or handle are approximated at their inner ends and form said points. Each member of the body is provided with an outwardly or laterally extended bent portion 7, from which latter points the members of the body 5 are extended longitudinally with respect to the handle 6 and in parallelism with one another yet at a slight distance apart, thus providing the pair of supporting members 8 and 9 of the body. Each of these members is provided at its front end with a down-turned portion 10 which terminate at their lower ends in inturned extensions or fingers 11 which are adapted for engagement with thelower surface of the outwardly extended flange or rim 12 on the top of the pan or vessel 13 with which flanges culinary utensils of the class to which my invention is applicable for use are usually provided, and also for contact with the wall of the pan 'or vessel. p The downwardly fextended portions 10 of the members 8 and 9 of the frame-like body are united transversely by means gta cllp 14, by preference made of sheet metal and having at one of vertical edges 'a'ir in turned flange 15 to embrace one of the downwardly extended portions 10 and at its other vertical edge with a similarly dis-- posed flange 16 for engagement with the other portion 10 of the frame. This last named flange, as is clearly shown in Fig.

2 of the drawing, is cut away-diagonally as versely is aiforded',*for it will be understood that by hooking the flange 15 over one of the members 10 and placing the clip 14. between said er portion of said l'a'st'najn'ied member towards the other member ing saidnie'iiiben-"it-will assume a vertical position between thefiangeand clip and be securelyretaine'd iii such position.

Mounted on the parallelmembers 8 and 9 of the body i'sga movable clamp or gripping device which comprises 'a' rOdorwir'e bent to form substantially an inverted U-shaped niemberiwhen viewed from the front end of the lifter as is clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, and has its side members or.

prongs 1 7 spaced-sufficientlyto fit snugly between the parallel members 8 and'9'of the body of the evice. Asshown in Figs. land 4, the prongs 17 of fthis-grip iiing members i are offset from the-upper or looped portion 18 as at 19, so as to lie in parallelism with, the members S ant} 9 of the'body 5 andeX tend along the members 8' and 9 a'short'dis tance and are then bent downwardly, thus forming projections 20 which'depend from i the body '5about the same distance or ex the body. -Each of these downwardly extended portions 20 is provided with a for wardly and-horizontally extended part 21.

each ofw-hich last named parts terminate in lateral extensions 22'as willb'e readily understood by 'referenc'eto Figs. 1- and-3 of the drawing.

Inorder to 'slidably mount this gripping member on theinei'nbers 8 and 9 of the body of the dev cega' clip '23 having at each of its' side edges-a hooked-[flange said" members.

its frontx edge, as well with a downwardly and in-turn'edfiange'25l o-Iengage a'elip 26"whic'h is provided at each which ai*e adjapte* dunderlies; the clip 23 lid for connecting member and the other member I 10, the flange '16 can be caused to engage top of the v the last named member by moving the low- Y v '1118611 considerably in the process '10, jwhen'it is ob vious that the flange 16 can be hooked over U the thus inclined member, when by release" ed as above described, it is apparent that the looped portion 18 ofsaid member willafiordf I i when by releasing and tent as the portions 10 on the front end of cure by Letters Patent is p v r In a device of the class described, the oom- V 9 o frame comprisj. Y ineinbersunited atone oftlieir ends bya longitudinally extended} loop to provide a handle and each having at its other end a down' turned portion 'each Q {terminating in a rearwardly-disposed exteny 5'" sion,a clip transversely uniting said down-'1 i turned portions below said paralleljm ember's, ref e iJPi s m mber of its side'f edges with* "'a flange 27 for 'eii {bination with an elongated inga pair of parallel 24. to engage the member'sb and 9, is placed cross-wise" of The. clip 23 is provided at as-at its "rear Ledge,

extensions 22 of the depending projections 20 to engage the lower surface of the rim or flange. 12 of the pan 13 and that as these extensions are laterally disposed, they Will 7 form a very secure and reliablerest for the rim or flange of the possibility of the same tilting.

By providing the device with the downwardly extended portions 10 and 20, it is manifest thatwhen the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 ready for lifting or moving a I I be located at a sufficient distanceabove the;

contents of the pan as notto interfere with the same, although it may have of cooking."

B r ro'vidin the device with'the inovar ble gripping or clamping member construct;

means by which the gripping member can be slid back and forth into and outof-engagcnient with a pan or vessel, and also that said loop WlllflflOl'Cl' means to be grasped by one hand making/the body 5 shape and of any desired length, the device is rendered very WVlll'ds thehandle port-ion 6 of the body and 1.015

is inserted into the so] held until the body 5 I oven to the requisite extent, when the eXten- 'sions or fingers 11 on the front end of the body can be placed under the flange 12 at the pointthereof furthest from the operator, 110 sliding the movable gripping member towards the panandcausing its parts 21 and of the panat a point nearest the operator,

the pan can be readily to another or removed from the oven. ,Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to seand between said pan, thus preventing I j pan, the body 5 of the device willfilil i 95 while the handle 6 is held by the, other hand in lifting the pan or vessel. I V i of an elongated useful and convenient 01, 0 i shifting the position of pans in an oven-or as it will be understood that they? 22 to engage the flange" lifted from one; place 1'15 I i a lyme int 'ni parallel members and com gripping member also having portions extending downwardly from the parallel members, each of said portions terminating at its lower end in forward and lateral extensions for engagement with the vessel substantially opposite the points of engagement by the first named engaging means.

CHARLES W. JORDAN. 

